Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to what’s ahead!

This support will help launch a new phase of my research collecting saliva and dental calculus samples from pregnant women to generate pilot data for future studies. The goal is to better understand how maternal oral health and biological markers relate to pregnancy outcomes.

Excited to share that I’ve received pilot funding from the Institute of Social Science Research at Arizona State University!

#oralmicrobiome #maternalhealth #hypertension #pregnancy #multiomics

#oralmicrobiome #oralhealth #AcademicTwitter #metadata #reproducibility #nutrition #anthropology #medicine #dentistry #DentalCare #humanhealth #microbiome #reusability #bigdata

This study has IRB approval.

Building Consensus on Reporting Oral Microbiome Metadata: A Community Survey Building Consensus on Reporting Oral Microbiome Metadata: A Community Survey

Participation is voluntary.
Your insights will help improve reporting consistency and reproducibility across the field.
🕐 ~15–20 minutes
🔒 Anonymous participation
📋 Take the survey here → asu.questionpro.com/t/Abm07Z7MY3
Please share with others in your network who work in oral microbiome research!

Building Consensus on Reporting Oral Microbiome Metadata: A Community Survey Building Consensus on Reporting Oral Microbiome Metadata: A Community Survey

Are you involved in oral microbiome research? 🧬
We’re conducting a brief survey to understand how researchers report metadata for their oral microbiome studies. You must be 18 or older. To be eligible, you must have conducted research on the oral microbiome (past or currently).

Don’t even bother getting on the plane Daboll #NFL #giants #nygvschi

Long-term, this could mean more personalized care and help protect baby and mom.

eklundfoundation.org/eklund-found...

#MOMI #maternalhealth #maternalhealthcare #scienceiscool #pregnancyresearch #microbiome #oralmicrobiome #proteomics #somascan #AnthBytes

My study explore how the oral microbiome and salivary proteome may help predict hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a serious condition that affects maternal health. By analyzing salivary and dental plaque, I’m hoping to uncover early biomarkers that could make dental visits part of early screening

🚨Big News 🚨

I’m so excited to share that I’ve been awarded funding for my new project — MOMI: the Maternal Oral Microbiome Investigation 🧬🦠🦷

Wet Lab Protocols Matter: Choice of DNA Extraction and Library Preparation Protocols Bias Ancient Oral Microbiome Recovery Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis of archaeological dental calculus has provided a wealth of insights into ancient health, demography and lifestyles. However, the workflow for ancient metagenomics is still...

Outperforms all others—raising important questions about optimization versus standardization.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#ancientDNA #aDNA #oralmicrobiome #microbiome #methods #standards #metagenomics

Measurement underpins all science. Yet, in microbiome studies, subtle differences in lab protocols can profoundly alter results. In our new study, we compare DNA extraction and library prep methods to assess their impact on ancient oral microbiome recovery. Our results show that no single approach

#oralhealth #oralmicrobiome #microbiome #publichealth #Romania #periodontaldisease #biocultural #precisionmedicine #openscience

📌 In short, we will employ metagneomic, proteomic, and metabolomic strategies to saliva & dental calculus to uncover how periodontal disease risk in Romania is influenced by behavioral and microbial factors.

🧬🪥 Just published! Our new paper introduces the SANA-biome, a biocultural study exploring how diet, lifestyle, and the oral microbiome shape periodontal health in Romania.

📰 Read the open-access protocol in Healthcare:
👉 www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...

We're excited to welcome Sterling Wright as the next invited speaker at #SPAAM7!🎉

@anthbyte.bsky.social

Listen to his talk on August 26th in Turin or online!🔥

Wanted to (re-)share that I will be presenting at #Nutrition2025. I will discuss how early-life risk factors for infant rapid weight gain may be linked to the gut microbiome. My presentation will take place this Saturday.

#microbiome #childhoodhealth #infanthealth #guthealth #nutrition

Ancient DNA from Roman Italy, a Genetic History with Dr Hannah Moots YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble

#Archaeology Archaeology with @flintdibble.bsky.social
Ancient DNA from Roman Italy, a Genetic History with Dr Hannah Moots @mootspoints.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhaM...

If you're attending #SAA2025, I’d love to see you there and chat after the session!

#archaeology #ancientDNA #oralmicrobiome #RomanEmpire #RomanianArchaeology

🚨 Exciting News! 🚨

I'll be presenting at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting Friday, April 25th at 1 PM (Colorado time)! 🦷
My talk will explore how the arrival of the Roman Empire along the Lower Danube is associated with oral microbiome shifts.

Excited to join this exciting team and help ensure microbiome is usable for all!

#microbiome #aDNA #anthropology #nutrition #datascience

Understanding these connections is crucial for identifying at-risk infant populations for metabolic disease.

📍 Abstract ID: 2032703
📅 Presentation Date & Time: May 31, 2025, at 10 AM

#Microbiome #ChildHealth #ObesityResearch #TranslationalMedicine #AcademicConferences

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be giving an oral presentation at #Nutrition2025 in Orlando, FL.

📍 Abstract ID: 2032703

📅 Presentation Date & Time: May 31, 2025, at 10 AM
If you're attending, let’s connect! Looking forward to engaging discussions and new collaborations.

Understanding these connections is crucial for identifying at-risk populations and developing preventive strategies. I’m looking forward to discussing these insights with fellow researchers and clinicians!

My talk, "Origins of Health Outcomes: Linking the Gut Microbiome and Early Life Events to Predict Childhood Obesity Risk," will explore how early-life microbiome composition and environmental factors shape health trajectories for infants during the first year of life.

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be giving an oral presentation at #Nutrition2025 in Orlando, FL, on May 31, 2025, at 10 AM!

#Microbiome #ChildHealth #ObesityResearch #TranslationalMedicine #AcademicConferences #GutHealth #bioinformatics #nutrition

nutrition.org/N25

Demographic history and genetic structure in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico Ancient DNA from pre-Hispanic northern and central Mexico reveals population continuity despite changing climates.

In my case. I guess we built the ‘minimal’ aDNA lab. With good results and neglectable levels of modern DNA contamination. An order of magnitude cheaper than GN aDNA labs. aDNA libraries built in this lab ended up in these papers:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
elifesciences.org/articles/68612

This paper is designed to help researchers explore the integration of ancient DNA analysis with dental calculus in their!